Wow it’s Shrove Tuesday next week – how did we get this far into the year already?? I love pancakes and can’t get enough of them, whether it’s Pancake Day or not! So today I thought I’d share one of the ways that I like to use pancakes in a main meal – as a chilli cheese wrap. It’s really easy to make and will impress friends and family if you have any guests over for a Shrove Tuesday meal on the 4th March. Here’s how it’s done:
Pancake ingredients: 100g plain flour, 2 eggs, 300ml milk, pinch of salt
Whisk the ingredients together in a big bowl until you have a thin batter mixture. Use a non-stick frying pan (such as small my copper-bottomed pan from Dunelm) and spray with fry light. Heat the pan before pouring in a couple of tablespoons of the batter. Swirl it around the pan to coat the bottom and cook for about 30 seconds before flipping over (or using a spatula like I did!) and cooking the other side for another 30 seconds – keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn’t burn. Pile up the pancakes on a plate with another plate on top covering them to keep warm.
Chilli ingredients (enough for approx. 10-12 wraps): 250g Beef mince, sliced red pepper, sliced green or yellow pepper, diced white onion, 2 cloves crushed garlic, 2 tbsp mild chilli powder, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp paprika, 2 tbsp. tomato puree, 200g tin of red kidney beans or mixed beans, 200ml beef stock, tin of chopped tomatoes
Brown off the mince and cook through the onions and peppers until soft. Stir in the spices, garlic and tomato paste and fry for a minute or two but don’t allow it to stick on the bottom of the pan – when this happens add the tinned tomatoes and beans. Cook off for a little longer before adding the beef stock and allowing to simmer for 20 minutes or slow-cook it in the oven at 180 degrees to bubble away for 30 minutes or as long as you like – this will reduce the stock and make the meat lovely and moist. Get it out of the oven when you’re ready for it and you can serve it at the table for guests to wrap up their own pancake wraps or spoon the chilli into the center of a pancake, sprinkle with grated cheese and roll up like a sandwich wrap. Serve with rice and sour cream if you like
I hope you’ll have a go at making a savoury dish on Shrove Tuesday and I’d love to find out what your favorite pancake creations are – leave me a comment or tweet me @Cassiefairy.
